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Rona
glyphs possibly depict an effigy, a 'person' taking the
place of the king when his time has run out:
"... 'In
Upper Egypt', wrote Sir James G. Frazer in The Golden Bough,
citing the observations of a German nineteenth-century voyager, 'on
the first day of the solar year by Coptic reckoning, that is, on the
tenth of September, when the Nile has generally reached its highest
point, the regular government is suspended for three days and every
town chooses its own ruler. This temporary lord wears a sort of tall
fool's cap and a long flaxen beard, and is enveloped in a strange
mantle. With a wand of office in his hand and attended by men
disguised as scribes, executioners, and so forth, he proceeds to the
Governor's house. The latter allows himself to be deposed; and the
mock king, mounting the throne, holds a tribunal, to the decisions
of which even the governor and his officials must bow. After three
days the mock king is committed to the flames, and from its ashes
the Fellah creeps forth ..." (Campbell 2)
Rona glyphs
appear at the beginning of a new season:
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Gb1-13 |
Ra2-9 |
Gb1-13 probably
refers to how spring has ended and Ra2-9 to how autumn has ended. In
addition to the various signs which can be seen in these two glyphs
there are also numbers which confirm this interpretation:
If we assign
Gb1-13 glyph number 230 + 13 = 243 and Ra2-9 glyph number 39, then
the difference is 243 - 39 = 204 or half 408, which in G probably
indicates the length of the solar year:
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